Car for pleasure railways



H. E..H|EHL. CAR FOR PLEASURE RAILWAYS. APPLICATION FILED OCT-7,1921.

1,404,143. Patented Jan. 17,1922.

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A TTORNEYS H. E. RIEHL. CAR FUR PLEASURE RAILWAYS. APPLICATION FILEDOCT- 7. 1 921.

H. E. RIEHL. CAR FOR PLEASURE RAILWA'YS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 7. I92]- Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3- HUM R Q a RY u N2 km WITNESSES Original applicationfiled July 28, 1921, Serial No. 488,096. Divided and this applicationfiled October 7,

Serial No. 506,061.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ELMER RIEHL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CAR FOR PLEASURE RAILWAYS.

proved Car for Pleasure Railways, of which the following is adescription.

My invention relates to an amusement apparatus for use in pleasureresorts, parks, exhibition grounds, and the like, and more particularlyis designed as an improvement on the pleasure railway forming thesubject matter of United States Letters Patent granted to me Yovember26, 1907, Number The present application-is a division of an applicationfiled byme July 28, 1921,

Serial Number 4.88996.-

The invention of the present application resides ina novel car, thedistinctive -fe a-' tures and advantages of which will'clear'ly appearas the description proceeds;

Reference isto be had to the accompanying drawings forming a partof-thisspecification, it being understood that the drawings are merelyillustrative of one example of the invention. 7

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a car embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is an inverted plan view of the car removed from the truck;

Figure 3 is an enlarged plan View of the truck with the parts shown insection;

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section of the truck and the lowerportion of the car body, the section being taken in a planecorresponding with the line 14, Figure 3;

Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section through the truckand car body.

My improved car includes a car truck 80 and a car body 81 mounted torotate on the car truck 80. The car truck 80 is provided with a truckframe, preferably made of channel irons 82 on which is bolted or riveteda top plate 83 to give the desired rigidity to the truck frame. The carwheels 71 are journaled in the illustrated example on the ends of squareaxles 84 abutting against the under side of the side channel irons 82 ofthe truck frame, and the said axles are fastened by angle irons 85 tothe channel Specification of Letters Patent.

each other to reinforce the plate 83.

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wise fastened to the channel irons 82 at the inner faces thereof, aswill be readily understood by reference to Figure 3. An annular rib 93connects the diagonal ribs 91 with The hub 90 is engaged by a verticallydisposed pivot pin or king bolt 95 held in a hub 96 forming part of thebottom 97 of the car body 81 to allow the car body to turn on the truckframe 80. The top plate 83 of the truck frame 80 is provided at the hub90 with an annular groove 100 and a similar annular groove 101 is formedin the upper face of the top plate 83 and is arranged concentric withthe annular groove 100, and the center of the said concentric grooves100 and 101 is arranged to coincide with the axis of the pivot 95. Thegrooves 100 and 101 are engaged by annular tongues 102 and 103 of whichthe tongue 1027is formed on the bottom of the hub 96 while the tongue103 is formed on the outer portion of the bottom 97. It will be noticedthat by this arrangement the car body 81 is free to rotate on the cartruck 80 and at the same time the desired stability is given to the carbody 81 particularly should the same be unevenly filled with passengersto prevent rocking of the car body owing to the tongue and grooveconnection 100, 101, 102 and 103.

The car body 81 of the car 80 is preferably of cylindrical shape and itis provided with an annular guard 110 which is disposed continuouslyabout the car body 81 at the exterior and projects laterally outwardsufficiently to be disposed abovevthe longitudinal elevated beams 68 ofthe track structure, the arrangement being such that in case the truck80 should become accidentally disconnected from the car body, the saidguard 110 can drop onto the said beams 68 and slide along the latterwithout endangering in any way the lives of any passengers that may bein the car atthe time. With the car body resting on the beams 68 of theslide the car body may travel along said slide follow ing all curves andinclinations of the latter and in this traveling movement of the carresult in its displacement from the slide affordedby the beams 68.

I would state in conclusion that while the" 1 illustrated exampleconstitutes a practical embodiment of my inventio'n,'I do not limitmyself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since,manifestly, the same can be COIISidGIably varied without departure fromthe spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: i I a Y -1. In a pleasurerailway, a car comprising a truck, a car body, a pivot pin'con- "saidtruck and car body having annular.

necting the said car body with the'said truck to allow the-car to turnon the truck, the

1 concentric grooves and tongues one engagsing the other, the center ofthe grooves and tongues coinciding with the axis of the said ivot pin.

2.; In a pleasure railway, a car comprising a truck, .and a car body,the said truck hav-' ing a channel iron frame, a plate attached to thetop thereof and provided with a central hub and axles rigidly attachedto the under side of'the said truck frame and PTO-1 -vided. with carwheels, the said car body, having its bottom provided with a-central huband ,a pivot pin. en'gagingthe said hubs to allow the car body to, turnon the car 'tru'ck.

v the top thereof and provided with a central hub and axles rigidlyattached -'to the under- 3. Ina pleasure railway, a car comprising atruck and .a car body, the said truck having a channel iron frame, aplate attached to side of the said truck frame andprovided to'the topthereof and provided with a centralhub and axles rigidly/attached 'tothe under side of the said. truolrframe, and provided with carfwheels,the said car body having its bottom provided'with a central hub and apivot pin engagingthe said hubs to allow the car body to turn on the cartruck, the said plate having concentric grooves, of which one is on theplate hub 'andthe said car body bottomshaving, concentric ribsv engagingthe saidgrooves; theinner ribbeing formed on the hubof thesaid bottom.

vated track structure, a wheeled truckj and a car body turnablysupported on the truck between the wheels thereof and having a guardflange disposed continuously about 1 the body at the exterior surfacethereof and extending laterally: outward materially beyond thei planeofthe body to thereby be positioned to'jdrop-to the sides ofthe 4 5, Inapleasurerailway employing an ele- V,

track structure-in theevent the truck andv body separate. 7

' i i HENRY-Qumran RIEHL.

